Timothy Millender, 32, continued working for Redwood Health Therapies after being given a six-month suspended sentence over his sickening collection

A convicted paedophile who hoarded videos of babies being raped and tortured ran a clinic offering hypnotherapy to children.

Timothy Millender, 32, continued working for Redwood Health Therapies after being given a six-month suspended sentence over his sickening collection.

His website offered “hypnotherapy for children under 16”, and read: “We help children to free themselves of their bottled-up emotions by using a therapy called the ‘Blowaway Technique’ among many other well-recognised techniques from our team.”

The pervert was listed as a company director of the clinic which closed suddenly last week. Its premises appear to have been cleared out.

One of Millender’s former employees said: “It’s shocking a convicted paedophile could carry on running a business advertising services for children.

“The images he was looking at were of the very worst kind yet he walked free from court and was able to carry on running the clinic for two months after he pleaded guilty. It’s disgusting.”

Millender admitted having 740 paedophile images and 106 videos of children as young as six months being raped and abused. His films went up to level 5 – the most extreme, featuring sadism and bestiality.

He was ordered to sign the Sex Offender Register but returned to his company, which also offers beauty treatments and counselling to adults as well as children.

Earlier this month the clinic in Winchester, Hants, changed its name to St Giles Health and Beauty. Millender was also listed as a director of the new company.

A sign on the door said: “We are now St Giles Health and Beauty. New name, new director, new management, new owners, the same therapists.”

But clients who arrived at the clinic for appointments last week found the door locked.

Former client Jonathan Lawrence, 51, recently paid more than £300 for 12 massage sessions, but had only one.

He said: “I never had any problem with it. Everything always worked like clockwork until this very week in which instance I’ve lost my money.”

Keith Wood, leader of Winchester City Council, said: “We will look into it and see what’s going on and take what action we can.”